"ملف 8/16 ملخص استخباراتي بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٥‎١] (١٠٨/١٠١)

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Ho. 24 of 1945.
200. MOVEKERTS OF OFFICIALS .
Intelligence Summary of the
Political Agency, Bahrain, for
period 16th to 31st December, 1945 .
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(i) On the 17th December the Hon'ble Sir Geoffrey
Prior, K.C.I.E., Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
accompanied by Mr. R.?L Hadow, His Majesty’s Consul, Bandar
? ad0w ’ arriv ed by L.T. "NEARCHUS”, and left
on the 20th December.
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U'i) Commodore I.V. Whitehorn, R.?T. , Senior TTaval
° lf ^f r Aol erSlan Galf ’ left 3 ahra i n in H.M.S. "SSABSLLE"
on the 28th en route to aushire and Basra.
(iii) Reference paragraph 192(iii) of Bahrein Intelli-
genc e Summary No.23.
on ., ^ ,_ rhe Political Agent returned from Sharjah on the
20th December. During his tour on the coast he visited all
the sheikhdoms except Kalba.
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(iv) Group/Cap tain Lowe has assumed charge of the
•A.f. stationed in Bahrein. He relieved Group/Captain
Owens who left by air on the 20th.
, . ( y ) Commander F.W. Harris, R.K.R., took over as
captain at juifair during the period under report.
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201. CALLS .
-Mo Dd 0n t L 1 ® 23rd December the Political Agent called
on j.is nighness the .oiler of Bahrain at Rafa'. His Highness
returned this visit the following day. ngnness
th f 33rd December HT. Parker T. Hart, consul
for the United States of America at Dhahran, visited the
political Agent.
T . ,.( dii ) . H T: Leighwoods o a Director of the Eastern Bank,
Limited, vrsited Bahrain from the 23rd December to the 29th.
called privately on the political Agent.
202. RULING EAMTT.Y .
Summary ( Ho.Isf 61,61106 paragraph 183 ^) ot Bahrain Intelligence
... ,, . . Highness Sheikh Salman and his uncle Sheikh
Abdullah bin isa ai Uhalifah returned to Bahrain on the ?lst
December on the completion of a most successful shooting trio.
Game was plentiful and the hunters' skill equal to the occasion
The party was given a right royal time and nroceeded as far as
Hafar where most of the shooting was done. ‘ ARAHCO made snecia
jou^ney arra Hfs m Hl^hn and l0aned trar ! s P ort bar S® s the return
ness the Amir Saud!^ WaS Seen ° at A1 Khobar His High-
bin Tsidi dhalUr U St De ° emb ® r Sheikh Ibrahim bln Tfohammed
NlU ■ Z ; - bdllfah » cousin of His Highness arrived by air
‘ Egypt where he had been on a two months' visit.
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